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French Commercial codeIn force
BOOK VII: Commercial jurisdictions and the organisation of commerce.

Article Annexe VIII

…ata are the agents authorised to process your application. With the exception of data identified as optional, responses are mandatory to enable your request to be processed. The Law no. 78-17 of 6 Jan…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
4c: Levy on fixed-income investment income and income from European capitalisation bonds or contracts

Article 125 D

…ed in France for tax purposes within the meaning of Article 4 B who belong to a tax household whose reference tax income for the penultimate year, as defined in 1° of IV of article 1417, is equal to o…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Section 1: Banking services providers

Article R775-9

…iations are governed by the equivalent locally applicable provisions having the same purpose;3° The references to the register mentioned in I of Article L. 546-1 are replaced by locally applicable pro…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Paragraph 1: Application for marketing authorisation or registration

Article D5141-55

…procedure, a mutual recognition procedure or a decentralised procedure for which France acts as the reference Member State are set as follows: 1° €25,000 for an application relating to : a) A veterina…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Subsection 3: Resources of the deposit guarantee and resolution fund

Article L312-8-2

I. - For the application of III of Article L. 312-4, the Deposit Guarantee and Resolution Fund may be responsible for informing depositors of the branches mentioned in this III on behalf of the author…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Section 3: Miscellaneous provisions

Article R123-238

…rights attached to securities giving access to the capital, from the exercise of share subscription options which may be exercised at any time or from the payment of dividends in shares, and unless th…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Section 1: The Departmental Advisory Committee (R)

Article R1425-9

…ation of the results in which to make his or her choice known to the vote-counting commission.If no option is made within the time allowed, the candidate's election is acquired by the board of directo…

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French Code governing the entry and residence of foreign nationals and the right of asylumIn force
Chapter I: SPECIAL PROVISIONS FOR LOCAL AUTHORITIES GOVERNED BY ARTICLE 73 OF THE CONSTITUTION AND FOR SAINT-PIERRE-ET-MIQUELON

Article R761-5

For the application of this book in Mayotte: 1° References to the departmental prefect are replaced by references to the representative of the State; 2° References to the Court of Appeal are replaced…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Book V: Enforcement procedures

Article Annexe article A43-6

I.-TARIFFS APPLICABLE TO LEGAL MEDICAL ACTIVITIES NATURE OF PROCEDURE REFERENCE of key letter COEFFICIENT ADDITIONAL COMPENSATION 1° Life science medicine a) For a judicial visit involving one or more…

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French Commercial codeIn force
BOOK VII: Commercial jurisdictions and the organisation of commerce.

Article Annexe II

…different from organiser)Name:, first name(s):Function:Telephone: Mobile phone (1): E-mail (1):(1) Optional information.(2) Delete as appropriate.(3) These characteristics are defined in article A. 7…

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